If it’s still stuck, hit the underside of the head with your hand, which should loosen a stubborn placement. To remove the placement, pull outwards on the shaft before pushing it back towards the ice and lifting up and out. A solid placement should see the axe relatively parallel to the ice. As the pick engages with the ice flick your wrist forward to avoid injuring your knuckles. To fire, swing the axe forward by releasing your arm at the shoulder and the elbow. Next, aim by selecting the point you are going to target. To load, lift your axe up and straight back behind your head. The technique can be described in four words: load, aim, fire and flick.
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The pick can be hooked around the rock to form a secure hold (Image credit: Getty) How to use ice axes for increasingly technical mountaineering and ice climbingĪrmed with two technical axes and facing up to a steep wall of ice, this if where the axe swing really comes in to play. Ice axes can also be used as an anchor in glacier rescue situations. Another use for the adze is cutting down into the slope to evaluate the snowpack, if you know what you are looking for in terms of avalanche danger. You can use the adze to cut steps into a short-lived – enough that it would be inefficient to bother with putting on and removing crampons – yet steep snow slope. There are myriad other uses for an ice axe. You can also hook the pick around rock or place it into small gaps when on mixed (rock and ice) terrain to form a secure hold. Check the placement is solid before pulling yourself up, gaining a strong foothold and then removing the pick. The classic overhead swing entails holding the axe by the grip, aiming for a patch in the slope and swinging the pick into the snow. Daggering involves holding the axe by the head and using your weight to force the pick into the snow as you ascend. Upon hitting steeper ground, you can use your axe as a climbing aid, using the techniques of daggering or the classic overhead swing.
Having the pick facing outwards primes it for use on the slope (Image credit: Black Diamond)
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